1965 Rear Carpet to Headliner Glued?

[DesertG]

Hello Guys, the prior owner replaced the carpet and headliner. The back carpet is glued to the headliner (and falling apart). Is this correct. Is there a better way to do this. Thank you.

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1965 Beetle with 1970 1,600

[61SNRF]

From stock the carpet is longer and the end is unfinished.
It rolls over the edge of the firewall and tucks into the crevice as does the end of the perforated headliner, then a piece of ~8 mm cording gets pushed in to hold them tight.
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-Bruce

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[DesertG]

[carcrazed]

On both of my bugs I glued that portion on. Haven't had an issue with it peeling back off. My 65 was installed in 1998.
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1965 Herbie Replica. 1776cc dual Kads.
1961 Beetle 33,000 Original Miles

"Just When you think you are getting ahead, you're always wrong."

[DesertG]

[Rome]

In 2013 I was lucky to view the red '65 Sedan seen here at Classic VW Bugs' shop in person. All original, ca. 8000 miles! Here are some close-ups of the rear carpet and headliner sections.

More photos: http://www.classicvwbugs.com/65rubyoriginal/#

[DesertG]

Thank you. That looks nice. I don't think I can undo what I have at this point.
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1965 Beetle with 1970 1,600

[61SNRF]

Is your carpet not long enough to roll over and tuck in?

Is it glued down firmly? If it is loose perhaps you can undo it from the floor/firewall so you can pull it up and bias more material towards the top.
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-Bruce

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[DesertG]